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What is caviar? A look at the delicacy and the endangered species that produces it

Black caviar is served with cream cheese on crackers. (stock.adobe.com)

The world of caviar is one of luxury, an intricate harvesting process and high-priced tins of the delicacy. 

The United States produced 18 metric tons, or nearly 40,000 pounds, of caviar in 2018. European countries produced 164 metric tons of caviar in the same year, accounting for 84% of total production, according to a report from the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products.

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